‘What is this new world going to be like for my children and grandchildren?’
Three residents inside a COVID-plagued retirement home discuss their hopes, fears and worries
Dr. Jerry Francisco, a resident of The Village of Germantown, stands in front of the facility on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, where four people have died. Francisco, the former longtime medical examiner for Shelby County who performed autopsies on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Elvis Presley. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Marc Perrusquia
Marc Perrusquia is the director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis, where graduate students learn investigative and explanatory journalism skills working alongside professionals. He's won numerous state and national awards for government watchdog, social justice and political reporting. Follow the Institute on Facebook or Twitter @psr_memphis.
“At some point this pandemic will have run its course and we’ll get back to normal. ... Now, the question is when?’’
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